SSAT Middle Level Verbal › Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, and Location
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KINETIC
Related to movement
Quandary
Related to family
Replicate
Related to food
"Kinetic" means related to movement. For clarification, a "quandary" is a difficult situation, and "replicate" means to copy or to reproduce.
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TWISTY
Tortuous
Very painful
Yellowed
Infuriating
Edible
"Tortuous" and "twisty" both mean winding, full of twists and turns. "Edible" means able to be eaten, "infuriating" means maddening, and "yellowed" means turned yellow (usually because of age). "Painful" is a near synonym for torturous, the word used to describe torture, but that is a different word from tortuous.
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PRIMARY
First
Last
Least
Average
Uncommon
The adjective "primary" generally means occurring first or of the greatest importance. The noun "primary" refers to an election to determine the representatives of the various political parties.
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HOARY
Old and gray
Young and fit
Poor and hopeless
Rich and miserable
Foolish and inexperienced
"Hoary" means graying with age. It can also be used generally to describe someone very old, or something overused. So, the correct answer is "old and gray."
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Recent
Latest
Archaic
Dependent
Deliberate
Intentional
"Recent" means latest; Archaic means ancient; Dependent means reliance on; and Deliberate and Intentional mean done purposely.
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Rural
Countryside
Suburban
Urban
Mountainous
Arid
"Rural" means countryside; Suburban means residential; Urban means city-like; Mountainous means having many mountains; and Arid means dry.
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LUSH
Verdant
Profane
Explicit
Objective
Subjective
"Lush" means abundant or luxuriant and often refers to plants or foliage, so it is most similar in meaning to "verdant," which means either_of the color of grass_ or covered in green vegetation. For clarification, "profane" means rude and disrespectful or having to do with worldly things instead of spiritual things, "explicit" means clear and unambiguous, "subjective" means biased or based on personal opinion, and "objective" means not subject to personal opinion.
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INDIGENOUS
Native
Foreign
Friendly
Unkind
Menacing
"Indigenous" means native peoples; for example, Native Americans are indigenous to the United States. For clarification, "menacing" means threatening.
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SPUN
Revolved
Handcrafted
Sardonic
Sarcastic
Narrative
Something that "revolves" spins around. "Handcrafted" means made by hand, and "narrative" is the adjective form of narration (storytelling). "Sarcastic" and "sardonic" are synonyms, and both indicate the use of irony in order to mock.
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PERIPHERAL
On the outskirts
Central
Optical
Misunderstood
Comprehensive
"Peripheral" describes the outer edges or boundaries of something. This is an antonym for "central," which means at the middle of something. "Optical" is a word describing vision or the eyes, and while peripheral vision is a type of vision, peripheral itself does not specifically refer to vision. "Misunderstood" and "comprehensive" are opposite concepts.